The Gear Fit 2 is running Tizen, and not Android. The loop helps the Fit 2 stay on your wrist even if you happen to snag it on something while you're working out and pull the plug out of the hole - safety first. You attach the band to your wrist by looping one end through a hole in the other, then securing a metal plug into one of 10 holes to fit just the right size. The included band is a very soft and comfortable elastomer material with a classy carbon fiber-like pattern on the outside and some bumps on the inside to hopefully keep it from sliding around too much. That's a smartwatch-like perk that you don't find on most other fitness trackers, even if most people aren't likely to swap bands. The band is attached to the body using the same proprietary connector found on the Gear S2, meaning it can be swapped out (for another color or size) later on down the road, but only for those approved and designed specifically for the Fit 2. It's like they took a Gear S2 and squeezed in the sides - in a good way. but that's a bit of a misnomer, as the only difference is the length of the band. Samsung does offer both a "large" and "small" size. The Fit 2 looks rather gargantuan on smaller wrists, however. But with its curved design and rectangular form the Fit 2 sits on my wrist nicely, and is quite a bit sleeker than a round smartwatch. At roughly 12 mm thick, 25 mm wide and 52 mm long, the Gear Fit 2 lands near the top of size amongst fitness trackers - larger than something like an Under Armour Band, but notably smaller than a Fitbit Surge. The main portion of the body around the sides and back are hard plastic. The display is covered in Gorilla Glass 3 that flows smoothly into a nice bit of anodized aluminum. The Fit 2 we used was a review unit provided to us by Samsung. The Gear Fit 2's software version was R360XXU1APE4, and was not updated during the course of the review. I (Andrew Martonik) am writing this review after six days with the Gear Fit 2, connected to a Galaxy S7. So does it strike the balance of fitness tracker and smartwatch perfectly? Or does it come up short trying to do too much? We answer these questions in our full Samsung Gear Fit 2 review. But what the name doesn't reveal is what else you can do with its 1.5-inch screen - it also offers notifications and interaction features you'd expect in a smartwatch. The Gear Fit 2, as the name would suggest, is designed for fitness tracking first and foremost. Samsung is attempting to do just that with the Gear Fit 2, a refresher to the fitness-focused Gear Fit of 2014 and a sibling to the Gear S2 smartwatch of last year. Rather than fully giving into our cyborg future by having connected doodads on both our wrists, why not try to split it down the middle and get just one device? A single wrist-bound wearable that tracks your activity every single day, while also allowing you to receive notifications and get other information on the same display. The smartwatch certainly looks nicer, has a bigger screen and lends itself to interaction, while the fitness tracker is more comfortable, gets better battery life and has vastly better activity tracking.
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